So since a lot of people have come to me to ask about Android and apps, or something else android, I thought I’d put up a list of the apps I use most (free and paid). I use apps that I think are best at what they do, or simply because they’re the most fun to play lol. I will separate the apps into “Tablet”, “Phone”, and “Both” and will discuss the apps I find to be the best and what they do.

(These aren’t all the apps, they are the most used and favored apps I have on my devices & I recommend to others)Also: Some of these apps have PC/Mac/Linux counter parts.
(Almost all the games do for sure)

Music:Google Play Music – Music stored in the cloud, no storage needed for my music anymore.

Navigation: Maps – Allows you to use GPS navigation, rate restaurant, check-in to venues, and share your location with friends and family.

Utility Apps:

-= Save my Attach =- – is a great app for saving attachments from those pesky e-mails that have unsupported file types within Android (which as new versions of Android come along is getting to be less)

App Cache Cleaner – a necessary tool on all android devices and should be ran a 2-3 times a week (or more if you have very little space on your phone or own a tablet (On my tablet I run this every 2 days or more, but my tablet is also my primary usage device, use it more than my computer even)

ES File Explorer – THE best file explore there is anywhere on the market. It can create it’s own FTP for remote access to phone or tablet, it can be a root explorer, as well as you can link to LAN computers, FTP servers, and even has built-in Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, Google Drive, and SkyDrive setups ready to go and allows multiple accounts of each. (It has it all, it is an invaluable tool)

DiskUsage – a great app to see how much space is on you SDCard or internal and what is taking up all the space.

920 Text Editor – just your basic text editor, but does one hell of an amazing job

Adobe Flash Player 11.1 – if you want to see flash online you’ll need this app (for Jelly Bean you just have to side load the application (download the .apk and install it manually)

IrssiConnectBot – My favorite app for TTS connecting to my home server, a great too that is similar to PuTTy, but for android

Grocery iQ – Tablet // Grocery iQ– a way for my GF and I to share a grocery list and even have it separated by store and be able to not only have a list, but also scan items into the app. Also it allows you to enter in the price of the item too so you can price check when at other stores or see when a product has changed price

Any.DO – an awesome ToDo list app that syncs with your Google tasks as well as you can share your tasks with your spouse. It is super simple and sleek, simplistic but still perfect.

Key Ring – Remove all those rewards cards from you wallet and purse, go digital with this app and get rid of the clutter!

Mint.com – Keep an eye on all your finances (Bank accounts, Loans, and Credit Cards) with this app. Never go over budget and see where you spend your money most.

For School or Office:

Drive– Google Drive access on the go from anywhere in the world where you get service or WiFi to be able to upload or create documents/spreadsheets/presentations/etc

GetGlue – To check into movies, tv shows, books, games, and more (you earn stickers that you can get in real life in the mail for free), it also allows you to mark the things you like, dislike, or favorite and you can write reviews for them.

HaxSync – Syncs my Facebook friends (all their info like Bday, Email, Phone, Picture, Etc) and calendar (events and birthdays) without having any problems and no need to install the crappy Facebook App

Yelp – Review restaurant you go to and share your love or hatred for a certain establishment with the world right from your phone

Ebook / Digital Reading:

Mantano Reader Premium – The Best ebook/PDF reader there is on the market (buy the year subscription for $10 and sync you library, reading position, highlights, bookmarks, and notes to multiple devices)

Manga Watcher Application – If your a fan of manga, then this app is for you. Get you weekly downloads right to your phone or tablet as well as add your collection you already have to the app.

Other Useful apps:

Translate – Anyone traveling overseas or studying a new language or ran into a foreigner, this app is amazing.

Ancestry – is a great app for viewing and editing my family tree that is stored online in the cloud at their website

Craigslist Mobile – this app is for anyone who loves Craigslist (buying or selling), it is the best app available, though it’s got a slight learning curve but is the best available and fastest

Flixster – For checking showtimes on my tablet or phone, this app is amazing, even has the ability watch the trailers for each movie. As well as you can write and read reviews of films The only thing it is missing is a Fandago button for buying tickets.

Google Voice – to text and make calls from your Google voice number instead of wasting texts (unless you have unlimited) uses data instead to send texts and when paired with SipDroid you can even make calls with Data only saving on minutes.

Tip N Split – Great for those that want to leave a certain amount or % or even split up a bill….

TV Show Favs – Track your favorite TV Shows and know when the next episode is airing.

Unified Remote – Remote for computer a (great if you hook it up to your TV)

OvuView – Menstrual tracker for women (but men can use it to know when they should run and hide and be nice, or come home with random chocolates and flowers).

Voxer – It’s a Walkie-Talkie for android, save on minutes and texts; use data or WiFi to talk with friends with your real voice or send pics/files or texts all from the app.

Tablet:

Games (3 or 4 of these are on my phone, but I thought it best to keep them all together):

ZENONIA4 – Great RPG game on your phone or tablet. I’ve loved this series since #1

Kid Games/Apps:

Kid Mode – THE Best App if you have kids. It is a child lock mode for all android dives and gives kids only access to apps you choose and can’t be unlocked without the password or answering a question. Go to Parent Mode -> You setup an account and “create” your family (add your children to the program) then allow them the apps you want. Then give it to the kids. It’s awesome!!

Cat In The Hat – Great read along book, it’s great to have the book I read as a child available for my daughter to read along with on my tablet

Brilliant Quotes FREE – I like daily quotes from people that are smarter than I and some are very profound, others are freaking hilarious.

ComicRack Free – this is IMO the best digital comic reader on android, it even has a desktop companion for organizing your comics easily, the reading and response of this app is the best I could find and I love it (for a while I even had it on my phone too, it’s that lightweight).

Currents – This is one of my favorite tablet apps. What this app does it takes your favorite news, blog sites, or similar (Forbes, Huffington Post, CNET, TechCrunch, Slash Gear, and 100’s of thousands of others) and delivers them in a easily read (with pictures) to your tablet (or phone) for offline readings.

RedLaser – Scan products at a store or manually enter them to create a wish list, birthday gift list for your kid, wedding registrar, and more, then share the list with who ever; it finds local deals and online deals and even tells you the distance and if the item is in stock.

For School or Office:

CamScanner – Scan documents, white boards, or whatever with your camera and turn them into great looking PDFs to upload/share anywhere

Smart Tools – a set of tools that every phone should have (there are free versions of every tool by other developers, but this app they are all bundled and better, plus I got it for $0.25 on the play store during a sale.